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Neuromorphic chip

Technology

AI can create a computer inside itself to run another AI or play Pong

An artificial intelligence trained to mimic the logic circuits of an ordinary computer can run code within itself, potentially speeding up certain calculations

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Deforestation in Philippines

Environment

UN biodiversity talks fail to agree on new targets to protect wildlife

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Satellite image of Chernobyl

Technology

Could nuclear material stolen from Chernobyl be used in a dirty bomb?

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Pluto's icy volcanic region

Space

Pluto has a huge field of bumpy ice created by massive volcanoes

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Bronze age settlement

Humans

Ancient Britons rapidly evolved to cope with lack of sunlight

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new houses with solar panels on roofs in Stirling, UK

Environment

Energy price cap means now might be the best time to green your home

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Environment

Ice shelf the size of New York City collapses in East Antarctica

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Space

New simulation is the most detailed model of the early universe

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Jim Al-Khalili portrait
Physics

Jim Al-Khalili: How to live a more rational, scientific life

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Methyltransferase complexed with DNA, molecular model. The strand of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid, green and blue) is enclosed by DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT-1, green and pink). This enzyme acts to add methyl groups to the DNA, a process called DNA methylation, which can silence and regulate genes without changing the genetic sequence. DNA methylation is also being studied in relation to cancer.

Humans

Chronic pain in Black people in US may be linked to gene expression

Stress-linked changes in the activity of genes may be why Black people in the US often have worse chronic pain than white people

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Health

US biofirm plans to make hypoallergenic cats using CRISPR gene editing

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Technology

A computer made from DNA-coated beads could detect viruses in saliva

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Technology

Packaging inspired by squid skin could keep your takeaway coffee warm

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Life

Armless fossil sheds light on how animals like snakes lost their limbs

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